Milestones in Archaeology: A Chronological Encyclopedia, 1st Edition

Tim Murray
La Trobe University

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ABC-CLIO

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ISBN-10: 1851096450

ISBN-13: 9781851096459

DDC: 930.103

Grade Level Range: 9th Grade
- College Senior

639 Pages | eBook

Original Copyright 2007 | Published/Released June 2010

This publication's content originally published in print form: 2007

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Treasures, temples and tombs; pyramids, pots, and projectile points - the stuff of archaeology has captured people's imagination since the first digs in the 16th century. Although humans have always been fascinated with the past, the formal discipline of archaeology has existed for only 500 years. This book details the surprisingly controversial course of those five centuries.

The history of archaeology leads from the musty collections of dilettante antiquarians to high-tech science. The book identifies three major developmental periods - Birth of Archaeology (16th-18th centuries), Archaeology of Origins and Empires (19th century), and World Archaeology (20th century). An introductory essay acquaints the reader with the essence of the science for each period. The short entries comprising the balance of the book expand on the themes introduced in the essays.

Organized around personalities, techniques, controversies, and conflicts, the encyclopedia brings to life the history of archaeology. It broadens the general reader's knowledge by detailing the professional significance of widely known discoveries while introducing to wider knowledge obscure but important moments in archaeology. Archaeology is replete with the visionaries and swashbucklers of popular myth; it is also filled with careful and dedicated scientists.